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--Apple-Mail-19-474013457 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Begin forwarded message: > From: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Date: January 22, 2013 3:00:51 PM AST > To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca> > Subject: [ValleyNature] notes from BNS meeting Jan. 21/13 > > JAN. 21, 2013 - THIS EVENING was a regular meeting night for the > BLOMIDON NATURALISTS SOCIETY, at which Acadia Biology's PHIL TAYLOR > was to speak on THE SCIENCE OF BIRD MIGRATION & uses of radar and > telemetry. Despite the very cold and windy conditions, 80 folks > showed up, including quite a few from Halifax, and Phil's talk > generated a lot of interesting responses. > > Someone at the meeting announced that TODAY a LEATHERBACK SEA > TURTLE was discovered, unfortunately beached, near Judique in Cape > Breton. > > In Kentville, Ed Sulis now has 4 GRAY SQUIRRELS, 3 of them gray- > coloured and 1 coloured all black. For a long time Ed has been > hosting 2 of them at his feeders. > > Other announcements at the meeting: > - someone reported a flock of pine grosbeaks at Middleton; > - Richard Stern says the red-bellied woodpecker adjacent to Miner's > Marsh in Kentville attends the feeder all the time, in the area > where the "no trespassing" signs are; > - Pat Kelly reported the flock of 250 red-winged blackbirds with a > single yellow-headed blackbird along Falmouth Dyke Rd., and Richard > Stern mentioned also the presence of cowbirds there; > - 2 coyotes were seen on the Grand Pre dykelands; > - Richard Stern saw a red fox twice on and near his property > (including in a hen-house?!) north of Kentville; > - Richard Stern reported an imm. glaucous gull at the Port Williams > sewage ponds, and George Forsyth added that the male wood duck is > still there -- also apparently a large flock of goldeneye ducks > were reported there recently?; > - Bob Horne in New Minas has a hen pheasant that is very dark, > almost black; > - 2 people reported flying squirrels at feeders at night, but I > didn't get the locations; > > - Alison Bogan reported on the tentative final results for the 2012 > Wolfville Christmas Bird Count, held on Dec. 15, 2012: There were > 68 species seen on Count Day, and another 12 species during Count > Week (Dec. 12 through 18). Highlights were 2 rose-breasted > grosbeaks, an osprey, a ruddy duck, 3 red-bellied woodpeckers, an > eastern phoebe, a marsh wren, an orange-crowned warbler, 4 reports > of chipping sparrows, and 294 bald eagles. One CW species was a > fox sparrow at Richard Stern's feeder. > ---------------------- > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/ > nature_blomidonnaturalists.ca --Apple-Mail-19-474013457 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> <br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">"James W. Wolford" <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>></fon= t></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">January 22, 2013 3:00:51 PM = AST</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Nature BNS <<a = href=3D"mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</a>></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[ValleyNature] notes from BNS = meeting Jan. 21/13</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: = 14px; "><br></div> <div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>JAN. 21, 2013 = </b>- </font><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: = 12px; ">THIS EVENING was a <b>regular meeting</b> night for the = <b>BLOMIDON NATURALISTS SOCIETY</b>, at which Acadia Biology's<b> PHIL = TAYLOR</b> was to speak on<b> THE SCIENCE OF BIRD MIGRATION</b> & = uses of radar and telemetry. Despite the very cold and windy = conditions, 80 folks showed up, including quite a few from = Halifax, and Phil's talk generated a lot of interesting = responses.</span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica">Someone at the meeting announced that<b> TODAY a = LEATHERBACK SEA TURTLE was discovered, unfortunately beached, near = Judique in Cape Breton.</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal = normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; = "><b></b><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">In <b>Kentville</b>, Ed = Sulis now has <b>4 GRAY SQUIRRELS</b>, 3 of them gray-coloured and 1 = coloured all black. For a long time Ed has been hosting 2 of them = at his feeders.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Other announcements</b> at the = meeting:</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">- someone reported a flock = of <b>pine grosbeaks</b> at Middleton;</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica">- Richard Stern says the<b> red-bellied woodpecker</b> = adjacent to Miner's Marsh in Kentville attends the feeder all the time, = in the area where the "no trespassing" signs are;</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica">- Pat Kelly reported the flock of<b> 250 red-winged = blackbirds</b> with a single <b>yellow-headed blackbird </b>along = Falmouth Dyke Rd., and Richard Stern mentioned also the presence of = <b>cowbirds</b> there;</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">- 2 = <b>coyotes</b> were seen on the Grand Pre dykelands;</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica">- Richard Stern saw a<b> red fox</b> twice on and near = his property (including in a hen-house?!) north of = Kentville;</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">- Richard Stern reported = an<b> imm. glaucous gull </b>at the Port Williams sewage ponds, and = George Forsyth added that the<b> male wood duck</b> is still there -- = also apparently a large flock of <b>goldeneye ducks</b> were reported = there recently?;</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">- Bob = Horne in New Minas has a<b> hen pheasant that is very dark, almost = black</b>;</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">- 2 people reported<b> = flying squirrels</b> at feeders at night, but I didn't get the = locations;</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica">- Alison Bogan reported on the tentative final results = for the <b>2012 Wolfville Christmas Bird Count</b>, held on Dec. 15, = 2012: There were<b> 68 species seen on Count Day, and another 12 = species during Count Week</b> (Dec. 12 through 18). = <b>Highlights</b> were 2 rose-breasted grosbeaks, an osprey, a ruddy = duck, 3 red-bellied woodpeckers, an eastern phoebe, a marsh wren, an = orange-crowned warbler, 4 reports of chipping sparrows, and 294 bald = eagles. One CW species was a fox sparrow at Richard Stern's = feeder.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">----------------------</font></div><div><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Cheers = from Jim in Wolfville.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = ">_______________________________________________</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Nature mailing list</div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"mailto:Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">Nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</a></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnatu= ralists.ca">http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidon= naturalists.ca</a></div> </blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-19-474013457--
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